ARBORICULTURE 



boring with little credit and without any 

 financial returns to themselves, for the 

 good of those who come after them, — 

 not rich men, who can easily spare their 

 millions for the accomplishment of 

 great things, — but men of moderate 

 means who deny themselves that they 

 may put all into the pearl of great price. 

 William Watson Woollen belongs to 

 this class of men. He was born in In- 

 diana in the very neighborhood of Buz- 

 zard's Roost about sixty-eight years ago. 

 He has practiced law for more than 

 forty years in Indianapolis, and he is 

 the author of several law books which 

 are considered valuable additions to In- 

 diana law libraries. He has held posi- 

 tions of trust and honor, and has always 

 been a respected citizen of Indianapolis, 

 a good neighbor and a firm friend. But 

 amidst all his busy life he has found 

 time for his favorite study. From his 

 boyhood in the old log cabin home, he 

 has been a lover of nature, but for the 

 last ten years he has made a scientific 

 study of the birds, and he has studied 

 them at first hand at Buzzard's Roost. 

 He has written many interesting ar- 

 ticles upon the habits of the birds, and 

 these have appeared in Indianapolis 

 newspapers and in magazines and jour- 

 nals. He is regarded as an authority 

 upon the birds of Indiana. 



Mr. Woollen is a public-spirited citi- 

 zen and has labored unceasingly in all 

 efiforts to make Indianapolis a more 

 beautiful and a better city. He served 

 most efficiently as chairman of the Park 

 Committee of the Commercial Club, 

 which has been active in improving the 

 city parks and in the building of the new 

 Fall Creek Boulevard. 



Long after the deeds of most men are 

 forgotten, the fruits of William Watson 

 Woollen's generous impulse will glad- 

 den the hearts of many school children, 



and future citizens will remember his 

 life and work with gratitude. 



Mr. Woollen was one of the original 

 members of the International Society of 

 Arboriculture and has been a firm friend 

 and counselor of the editor of Arbori- 

 culture. We are glad to be able to 

 present his picture and give his able ar- 

 ticle on birds. 



We again produce the three engrav- 

 ings of the International Society of Ar- 

 boriculture exhibit of catalpa at the St. 

 Louis Exposition, 1904, as numerous 

 new subscribers have not seen the pic- 

 tures before. 



In view of the immense number of ca- 

 talpa speciosa trees now being planted by 

 farmers and by railway companies, and 

 the interest taken in this tree, it is well 

 that all should know how many articles 

 of daily use, cars, house finish, furniture, 

 wood pulp, paper, railway sleepers, fence 

 posts, telegraph poles, etc., may be made 

 from this tree. 



A rather curious state of affairs has been 

 developed by the Division of Forestry 

 through the contention of the two Sena- 

 tors from Idaho, one of whom. Senator 

 Fred Dubois, advocates Government re- 

 serves in forestry, and the other, Senator 

 Heyburn, opposes it. Senator Heybum 

 has contended that the withdrawal of 

 forest lands as Government reserves pre- 

 vented settlement and worked hardship 

 to those who had already settled. To 

 disprove this, the Government has found, 

 through its special agent, that 90 per 

 cent, of the claims which he examined 

 have never been resided on by their 

 claimants, and railroad employees and 

 others whose claims seem very indirect 

 hold the land. — Exchange. 



